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Example villanelles and sonnets
See this PDF for interesting examples of villanelles. Here are some sonnets.
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English 2250 workshopping
This PDF contains the first set of poems we’ll workshop this semester. They’re in the order I received them. This is the second set of poems. Here is the third.
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English 4420 and characterization
Address these questions: How do your characters act in the face of opposition/desires that contrast with their own? Do they plan, try to persuade, take physical action, for example? Describe three events that your central character remembers and that influence … Continue reading
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Continuing toward characterization
I found this exercise useful when trying to create characters. From Alice LaPlante’s Method and Madness, here is the PDF.
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Collected stories from English 2250
This PDF contains the stories students in English 2250 in Fall 2011 wished to share with each other. They are in the order they were given to me. Enjoy.
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Open House for London Study Abroad
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Liberal Arts 116 10 AM-2 PM Ø Get refreshments and lots of information! Ø Find out how to use Financial Aid (Pell Grants, SEOG, Perkins and Stafford Loans ) Ø Discover funding opportunities from UVU, the Gilman Program, and others Ø Find out … Continue reading
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2250 fragments
Remember, you need to bring an electronic version of your notes on these fragments. I suggest using the fiction criteria on the course syllabus in the writing of your notes.
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Brown’s Wieland, exploration, and doubt
From Richard Gray’s A History of American Literature: “Brown is exploring the two prevailing systems of thought in early America: respectively, the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the mysticism of Christianity. He is also casting both into doubt” (97-98). What … Continue reading
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Controlling point of view
How do we move from an exterior to the inner life of a character? One method: exterior description of character and setting (at least three sentences) explicit thoughts about the setting (one sentence): “He thought,” “she thought” implicit thoughts/interior monologue … Continue reading
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Cinderella, conflict, and connection
Look at this view of Cinderella, from Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction. Consider also these contrasting views of conflict and connection when plotting/characterizing, which are also from Burroway’s book.
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